Publications of the research group "Neural Circuits for Vocal Communication"

Costalunga, G.; Sanchez Carpena, C.; Seltmann, S.; Benichov, J. I.; Vallentin, D.: Wild nightingales flexibly match whistle pitch in real time. Current Biology 33 (15), pp. 3169 - 3178.e3 (2023)

Norton, P.; Benichov, J. I.; Pexirra, M.; Schreiber, S.; Vallentin, D.: A feedforward inhibitory premotor circuit for auditory-vocal interactions in zebra finches. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119 (23), e2118448119 (2022)

Sibille, J.; Gehr, C.; Benichov, J. I.; Balasubramanian, H.; Teh, K. L.; Lupashina, T.; Vallentin, D.; Kremkow, J.: High-density electrode recordings reveal strong and specific connections between retinal ganglion cells and midbrain neurons. Nature Communications 13, 5218 (2022)

Benichov, J. I.; Vallentin, D.: Inhibition within a premotor circuit controls the timing of vocal turn-taking in zebra finches. Nature Communications 11, 221 (2020)

Banerjee, A.; Vallentin, D.: Convergent behavioral strategies and neural computations during vocal turn-taking across diverse species. (2022)